That's debatable. If the average user reads a small set of messages. If the forum is easily cached by a browser. If the mail readers use gmail or similar and already download ads everytime they view a messsage.
But yea the dvd comment was kind of stupid. Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Powell Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 12:10 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: Why not use forum? On Friday 13 June 2008 13:07, Crane, Matthew wrote: Matt, there's a lot more crap transferred when using a forum (graphics + html + the actual message) than when using a mail client. The main disadvantage is that you have to be online to read a forum. For email you don't. Your DVD comment is irrelavant. -- Andy / ScaredyCat _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community